Man with chainsaw seriously injured after falling from tree

Greely, Ottawa – A 47 year old man was sent to the hospital after falling 20 feet out of a tree with a chainsaw. The man was trying to cut a tree on private property when he fell. According to paramedics the man suffered injuries to his chest, abdomen, and back from the fall. He also received only a minor cut to his hand from the chainsaw because the safety kicked in. The man was transported to the Trauma Centre at the Civic campus of the Ottawa Hospital in serious but stable condition.